Union Movement

What Occupy Taught The Unions

salon.com | Jimmy Zuma | Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Occupy Wall Street Protest, Social Activists, Occupy Wall Street, Union-Activists, Union Movement, Unions, Occupy Movement, Workers Rights, Politics News

Unions are in a death spiral. Private sector unionism has all but vanished, accounting for a measly 6.9 percent of the workforce. Public sector worke...

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Britain's Massive Anti-Austerity Strike: Could It Happen Here?

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Unions, General Strike, Austerity Economics, Great Britain, Occupy Wall Street, United States, Occupy, Union Movement, Austerity, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

Austerity economics is dominating our politics, too. We're being subjected to the same warped economic strategies that decimated Britain's economy, and our austerity crowd isn't any more deterred by reality than theirs is.

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The Triangle Fire and the Media: 100 Years Later

Catherine Cloutier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Wisconsin, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Labor Laws, Labor History, Scott Walker, Wisconsin Unions, Triangle Shirtwaist 100 Years, Union Movement, Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, Worker's Rights, Wisconsin Protests, Media News
Catherine Cloutier

The Triangle fire was an influential event in the history of journalism. Publications across the country united in defense of the defenseless as muckrakers advocated for social change.

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MadisonWorld: A Future Where Corporations Have Human Rights... and Humans Don't

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corporate Corruption, Koch Brothers, Unions, Scott Walker, Madison, Koch Industries, Jamie Dimon, Union Movement, Citizens United, Republican Party, Campaign Finance Reform, Jeffrey Immelt, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

This week we saw state troopers in Madison tearing peaceful protestors out of their own capitol after the state's Senate voted to deprive them of their Constitutional rights. Welcome to the United States 2.0.

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